Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
Both humans and animals are at the receiving ends due to the growing man-animal conflicts over living spaces across the State. Reasons attributed to this disturbing situation are deforestation as well as encroachment of wildlife zones which have created paucity of ‘green covers’ for animals, and the upshot is animals …
Guwahati: Flood situation in Assam has remained grim with about 7 lakh people from 19 districts have been affected so far. The flood so far claimed 12 lives in the state besides causing extensive damage to standing paddy over 56 thousands hectares of land.Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Sunday …
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Sunday made an aerial survey of severely flood affected districts of Kokrajhar, Chirang, Bongaigaon, Goalpara and Dhubri districts even as the death toll in the floods rose to 13. After an aerial survey of more than two hours, the Chief Minister said the state …
The flood situation in Assam turned grim following incessant rains in the catchment areas of Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh and Assam since August 16 and according to official records, around three lakh people of 13 districts of the State have been affected so far. The flood report, released by the Assam …
The Goalpara district administration, in cooperation with the municipal office, has geared up to make the town green. On World Environment Day on June 5, 10,000 saplings will be planted in and around the municipal area by the administration in cooperation with the general public as well as the businessmen. …
Nearly four lakh people were still reeling under the impact of floods in Assam though the water level was receding in most parts of the State. According to the daily flood report by the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), 3.7 lakh people across three districts are still affected due …
Around 3.5 lakh people of Goalpara district have been hit by the devastating floods, which claimed 20 lives. More than 73,000 affected people are still staying in 100 relief camps in the district. An official release said that Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today visited different relief camps set up in …
With the recovery of four more bodies today, the death toll mounted to 36 in Assam floods that affected about 10 lakh people in 13 districts and rendered majority of them homeless, reports PTI. Two more deaths were reported from Krishnai and Kukurkata areas of the worst-hit Goalpara district, while …
As it was feared, the death toll in the flashfloods of Assam-Meghalaya on Wednesday jumped to 69 with rescue teams recovering 24 bodies from two sub-divisions Krishnai and Boko, devastated by cloudburst in Garo Hills of Meghalaya on Monday, inundating a vast area of western Assam. More than 30 people …
Guwahati: Death toll due to flood and landslides in Assam mounted to 21 on Tuesday even as situation continued to remain grim in parts of Guwahati city and the worst affected Goalpara district. Two more persons died due to landslides in two localities –Kahilipara and Lalmati – in Guwahati city …
The mid-day meal scheme was launched by the Government to provide nutrition to poor schoolchildren, but unfortunately, the scheme is not being implemented properly due to involvement of some unscrupulous persons in corrupt practices. There have been instances where the rice allotted for implementation of the scheme was sold in …
People of as many as 18 districts of Assam are prone to several water–borne diseases following a fact that arsenic in ground–water of these districts is found beyond permissible limit (0.05 mg/litre as per WHO norms). The Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department of Assam in a latest official communiqué submitted …
Goalpara, April 5: Along with the state of Assam, the manufacture, storage, sale, transportation, display or the distribution of Guthka and Pan masala, containing tobacco or nicotine as ingredients by whatsoever name it is available in the market, is prohibited for a period of one year in the district. This …
The Assam government today said it would install solar power fencing to check the increase in straying of elephants from their shrinking habitats into human settlements. Forest minister Rakibul Hussain made the commitment while answering a query posed by Congress legislator S. Basumatary regarding elephant depredation in Goalpara district, on …
GUWAHATI, Sept 26 – With the let up in the weather condition there has been a slight improvement in the overall flood condition of the State today, said official sources here this evening. Meanwhile, the Brahmaputra is flowing above the danger level (DL) at Neamatighat, Tezpur, Guwahati, Goalpara and Dhubri. …
The study involves the determination of some environmentally important physico-chemical parameters of drinking water in the predominantly rural Goalpara district of Assam.
GUWAHATI: Assam has a total land area of 78,438 sq km. Of this, 30.16 lakh hectares are available for agriculture. But Assam’s agricultural land is decreasing gradually. The trend of converting agricultural land to non-agricultural land is responsible for this to a large extent. It has been noticed that in …
GUWAHATI: The flood situation in Assam continued to remain grim with four more deaths in different areas of the State, taking the toll to 35 even as the water levels in many rivers have started receding. About 10.80 lakh people in the State’s 2,084 villages have been affected in the …
Kokrajhar: The Indian Confederation of Indigenous Tribals People (ICITP), North East Zone, expressed serious concern that the Bodoland Territorial Council is no exception to the threats faced by the forests of BTC and Assam, as a result of the ongoing illegal influx from Bangladesh and other neighbors in the State. …
NEW DELHI, Sep 18 (IANS): Assam has been allocated $2.5 million by a UN body to help improve hygiene in rural areas, stressing on the economic gains that would follow "when people spend less money on preventable sanitation-related diseases". India is among 10 countries - seven African and three Asian …
